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Re: My suburban's Twisted Little Sister
Come and have a look or let me know what you need.
lots of work but lots of fun too
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Re: My suburban's Twisted Little Sister
Dude!
Looking like a bit of work in the future in order to make that all-good!!!!
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Re: My suburban's Twisted Little Sister
hmmm... now its getting interesting... corvette wheelbase? 98 inches or so?
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Nice project! Subscribed.
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Re: My suburban's Twisted Little Sister
Subscribed. Trying to visualized what you are doing with the frame. In some photos, it looks like the skeleton of a dinosaur, in others I envision what it must have been like working with John DeLorean in a garage!
Suspense is killing me!
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Re: My suburban's Twisted Little Sister
Love this build.
That pic of the snow and ice when you pulled it into the shop, should be captioned "Who needs to wait for summer?"
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Welded the X braces in front and back. Then we made a pointer to find the axle center line. We spent a lot of time laying out cut lines. They are a little hard to see in the photos
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One more picture of the cut lines. Then we used tape to show where the cuts will be made. Rear door frame moves back 16" wheel well moves forward 9 3/4" the back of the truck moves forward 19". We finished the day drilling spot welds so we can remove the roof.
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V12? Cool!...somehow I missed the V12 part of the build.
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Re: My suburban's Twisted Little Sister
So, am I understanding that you are building more of a Blazer than a Sub?
I like!
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Sweet I love Builds with lot's of body Mods.
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Stay tuned. Lots of cutting and welding coming soon.
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Re: My suburban's Twisted Little Sister
Drilled spot welds and separated panels. The factory worker who spot welded the front drip rail was nuts. He had two or three spot welds on top of each other every inch all the way around. Taking them apart really chewed them up
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Re: My suburban's Twisted Little Sister
Holy-S!
Really? Some real work ahead! Go for it!
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Re: My suburban's Twisted Little Sister
interesting,,, I see a third piece sandwiched in there that I haven't seen on trucks, maybe a suburban only piece?
that might explain the extra spot welds: the inner piece was welded first, then the outer on top of that... I am curious to see what is in there.
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Thanks Modges. Ya fun starts now
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Here's the truck with no roof. For any one removing a suburban roof after you do all the bolts that go down into the side there is a bolt that goes up into the edge of the roof from inside the channel behind the door. There is also a weld that holds the inner roof to the roof support. Above the rear doors there are two rows of spot welds as well as a hidden one in each corner.
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There is some rust around the front. Some above the A- pillars and along the sides
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Before the cutting starts we removed the wood floor and then the metal floor up to the back of the doors. We also added some extra supports from the cross brace to the frame
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Keep the pics coming, cause that means the works progressing. Can't wait to see more.
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Re: My suburban's Twisted Little Sister
Looking cool already
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Thanks reaper. First thing to go was the outer panel. The second picture shows the support between the inner and outer panels. Then we removed the inner panel. Next we did the same on the drivers side. The next step is to move the back forward to meet the front. Since the frame was in the way and is badly rusted we cut the back of the frame off.
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Hmmmm, not much left.
This should be a good learning experience! I am gonna watch religiously!
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Can't wait for more. Some great work going on here, really like learning. Thanks
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